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Symptoms |
Prevention & Early Detection |
| Bladder Cancer |
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Blood in urine |
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Blood clots may cause muscle spasms in bladder |
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Passing urine often and burning feeling |
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Do not smoke |
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| Bowel cancer |
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Eat more vegetables and fruits |
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Avoid fat, salt and preserved food |
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Avoid excessive alcohol |
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| Breast cancer |
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Lump in the breast |
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Change in size or shape of the breast |
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Dimpling of the skin |
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Be breast aware, seek for early medical advice |
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| Liver Cancer |
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Often no symptoms in early stage |
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Vague discomfort in the upper abdomen |
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Loss of appetite, weight loss, nausea and lethargy |
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Avoid alcohol |
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Receive Hepatitis B vaccine |
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Avoid moudly peanuts |
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| Lung Cancer |
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A persistent cough |
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Shortness of breath |
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Coughing up blood-stained phlegm (sputum) |
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Do not smoke |
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| Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) |
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Blood-stained nasal discharge |
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Postnasal dribbling |
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Nasal obstruction |
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Lump in the neck |
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Defective hearing and ringing of the ear |
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Avoid salted fish |
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| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas |
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Yearly screening for people older than 50 |
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| Prostate cancer |
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Difficulty in passing urine, and a feel of burning |
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Blood in urine |
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Passing urine more frequently than usual |
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Men who have family histories of the cancer |
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Adopting a vegetarian, low- fat diet |
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Yearly screening for men over 40 |
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| Stomach Cancer |
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Persistent indigestion |
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Weight loss |
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Vomiting blood |
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Blood in stools |
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Avoid smoked and pickled food |
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Do not smoke |
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| Cervical cancer |
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Abnormal vaginal bleeding or discharge |
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Have a pap-smear test at regular intervals |
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| Skin cancer |
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Change in a wart or mole e.g. bleeding or enlargement |
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A sore in skin that does not heal |
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Be sun-smart, avoid too much sunlight |
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